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The first three terms of a sequence are given. Round to the nearest thousandth (ifnecessary).3 33,2'4'Find the 8th term

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You can notice that each term of the sequence has a denominator with powers of 2. The first term has 2 powered to 0, the second term has a 2 powered to 1 and so on. The numerator is always 3.

Then, for the n-th term, you have:


a_n=(3)/(2^(n-1))

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